Boot and shoe cleaner



(No Model.)

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BOOT AND SHOE CLEANER,

Patented Feb. 24, 1885.

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SOLOMON J. RHOADS AND MORTON G. RHOADS, OF METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS.

BOOT AND SHOE CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,764, slatedFebruary 24, 1885.

Appli ation filed March 27, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, SoLoMoN J. RHOADS and MORTON G. RHOADS, bothcitizens of the United States, residing at Metropolis, in the county ofMassac and- State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Boot and Shoe Cleaners, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.This invention has relation to improvements in devices for cleaningshoes; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of thevarious parts of which it is composed, all as will be hereinafter morefully explained.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrateour-invention, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of our device,and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thecleaner, which is designed to remove mud, dirt, &c., from the boot orshoe; and the same consists of a cast head, a, having a ferrule orsocket, b, to receive one end of a handle, 0, which may be of anydesired length. This head a is cast in skeleton form, and is provided onone of its sides with a transverse rib or projection, (Z, and on theopposite side thereto is a longitudinal rib, d, which ribs serve asscrapers,

and the same with the head and ferrule or socket are cast in one piece.The head aforesaid is bifurcated, as at e, to receive the straw f, orother suitable material,which is used for brushing the dirt from theshoes.

B represents a block or cap, which is cast with a rib or scraper, g, andshoulders h h, as

well as a transverse groove or channel, c, which latter corresponds insize. and shape with the bifurcation in the head aforesaid, and the sameis provided with screw-holes k k, to receive screws Z Z, that passthrough perforations m m in the head, as shown in the drawings, wherebysaid cap and head are secured to one another, and by means of which thestraw is firmly secured to the cleaner.

It will be observed that when the straw becomes worn and worthless fromuse the cap or block can be removed and another lot of material can besubstituted therefor.

A shoe wiper or cleaner constructed as herein shown is durable, and atthe same time cheap to manufacture.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The hereinde scribed shoe-cleaner, consisting of the bifurcated head a,cast in skeleton form, and provided with the longitudinal scraper cZ,transverse scraper d, socket b to receive the handle 0, the cap or blockB, having the transverse groove or channel 6, scraper g, andscrew-threaded perforations 7c 70, to receive the screws Z Z, by meansof which the same is secured to the head, said bifurcated head adaptedto receive the straw f, as shown, described, and for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

SOLOMON J. RHOADS. MORTOh G. RHOADS. WVitnesses:

J. F. MOOARTNEY, J. G. COURTNEY.

